Salad diaries with Japanese seasonal greens & herbs / 旬の食材のサラダ＆和え物✨ Happy Tuesday✨ Salad diaries…✨ With Japanese flavors✨ Very simple & quick idea ■Kaki (oysters) × kaki (persimmons) salad (pic1-4)In Japanese, oysters and persimmons are both called “Kaki”- characters are different (牡蠣＆柿）, but sounding just the same.Enjoying...
Homemade Nigiri Sushi with fresh sashimi / お家で握り寿司パーティー Happy Sunday✨ Nigiri sushi, with fresh seafood✨Prepare sushi rice (vinegar, sugar, and a bit of salt), make it into small oval sized rounds, and place ingredients on top… How’s: 🍣❤️🍣❤️🍣 本日は、日本でのご飯の喜びを、握り寿司で表現です。 初めてほたてを握り、なるほどこういう切り方をするのか、と勉強になりました。母の家庭菜園からちょこちょこ葉っぱやお花など拝借して、賑やかに。 握り寿司、きっと20グラムちょっとのお米がちょうど良いのかと思いますが、ついつい若干多めに。ぽってりした大ぶりめなお寿司、先日、和食展で見た江戸時代のお寿司を思い出します😂
Osechi cooking 2023 ⑦ “Kuro Mame (black soy beans)” / 手作り、つややか黒豆 Happy Monday✨✨ Documentation on Osechi (Japanese new year bento).Each item has wishes & meanings, I try to cook to make those points stand out✨ Today, one of the must & signature items of Osechi- sweet “Kuro...
FRIDGE CLEANOUT! Steamed Veggies with Creamy Tofu Dip/ 冷蔵庫のお掃除レシピ、豆腐ディップetc Finishing fridge cleanout with a veggie table. Everything steamed / boiled- to enjoy with Asian flavored dips. Veggies you see: Lotus roots, carrots, green paprika, snow peas, snap peas, young corns As preparing, I started to...
Art of Oden (Japanese Pot-au-feu/Yong Tau Foo) / シンガポールの食材でおでん In my daily communication with my mother, she mentioned she may do another Oden (Japanese Pot-au-feu/Yong Tau Foo kind of a stew) as the nights are still pretty cold in Tokyo.Hearing that…the image grew in me...
Osechi cooking 2022 Chapter 4, Plated & “Namasu” – Pickles / 2022年末おせちづくり その4．プレートへの盛り込み＆5色なます Merry Christmas Eve🎄💝✨For everyone who’s putting heart for the holiday season cooking & eating etc.. I really respect and enjoy the posts around, It’s so impressive how we can stretch for our passion🥰✨ I was so...
Osechi cooking 2022 Chapter 3, Complete view- boxed in Oju bento box / 2022年末おせちづくり その3．全体図・お重への盛り込み（お重詰め） Yay my osechi cooking is almost complete! This one had to be hand delivered, so boxed it in real typical bento style. I am going to now work on another box for tonight. Each items will...
